Up this week is The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones. This book has been around since 1996 (first publised in the UK, now available from Penguin the US through their Firebird imprint) and has been justly lauded and reviewed LOTS of places, so I’ll be brief. The Guide is arranged as an [...]
Entries Tagged as 'world building'
writer’s bookshelf: the tough guide to fantasyland
November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · book review, character development, plot, storytelling
Tags: world building
The relative historical value of “a quiverfull of sons”
March 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · general, reading, research
Read a bit on Skepchick about the “Quiverfull” movement the other day (go ahead, it’s a quick read, I’ll wait right here), and the whole concept of this group and others like it existing today highlights the need to understand culture as a response to environment and an attempt at solving real-world problems people are [...]
